Born in Detroit in 1939, Coppola was a central figure of New Hollywood. His films of the 1970s, including the first two Godfather films, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, are among the most acclaimed in American cinema, though his productions were often troubled and risky.
Filmography
- The Rain People (1969)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- One from the Heart (1981)
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Megalopolis (2024)